Fisher and collaborators at the University of California, Irvine, invented the gas puff Z-pinch
in the late 1970s using a 200-kA generator. The implementation of gas puffs as a copious …

Gas-puff z-pinch implosions are characterized by the formation of a dense annular plasma
shell, the sheath, that is driven to the axis by magnetic forces and therefore subject to the …

Compression of turbulent plasma can amplify the turbulent kinetic energy, if the compression
is fast compared to the viscous dissipation time of the turbulent eddies. A sudden viscous …

We present here the detailed measurements of radial distribution of the magnetic field in a
gas-puff z-pinch plasma at the final stages of the implosion phase and at stagnation. While …

The ion kinetic energy in a stagnating plasma was previously determined by Kroupp et
al.[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 105001 (2011) PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett …

ABSTRACT A tutorial is presented on advances in spectroscopic diagnostic methods
developed for measuring key plasma properties in pulsed-power systems such as Z …

Spectroscopic measurements of the magnetic field evolution in a Z-pinch throughout
stagnation and with particularly high spatial resolution reveal a sudden current redistribution …

Recent diagnostic advances in gas-puff Z pinches at the Weizmann Institute for the first time
allow the reconstruction of the current flow as a function of time and radius. These …

Experiments measuring the azimuthal magnetic field of gas-puff Z-pinch implosions on two
drivers of significantly different timescales are presented. Using a Zeeman-based …

This dissertation focuses on two related topics: controlling plasma rotation, and extracting
ash from fusion reactors. Rotation is an extremely useful tool in plasma control, allowing for …